505 East Seneca Street

Lower East Hill Historic District

505 East Seneca Street

Ithaca, New York 14850, United States

Created By: The History Center in Tompkins County

Point of Interest Details

William Henry Miller designed the house for Henry Sage’s sister, Caroline B. Wood. The house was built in 1886.

Miller used brick on the first story and shingles on the second story. There are three kinds of spindlework on the streetside porch, and the porch’s orientation accommodates a right-angle entry, which was one of Miller’s favorite devices.

Wood occupied the building until 1910. It was subsequently used as an annex to the student infirmary, next door, and later as Cornell’s Environmental Health Laboratories.